Converting is a PITA On Fri, Nov 27, 2015, 12:26 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> There is a company in Salt Lake City that can digitize any media. I have > taken them boxes of 8mm and VHS tapes to convert over the years. Doesn’t > cost much and takes all the work out of it. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> > *Sent:* Friday, November 27, 2015 11:24 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: 35mm Slide Scanner > If you are doing a lot of them, or want the highest quality results, I > would get a dedicated film/slide scanner. Maybe check out some of the > options here: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Film-Scanners/ci/1151/N/4042754050 > Maybe skip over the ones that cost $1800-$35000. > > Or just take them to a local photo store or send them to a service for > scanning. Probably you could do it at Walgreens or Costco, but I'm not > sure about the quality. > > I have an Epson DS-510 at the office for scanning documents and it has > worked fine, I would not hesitate to buy one of their flatbed scanners for > prints, but I don’t think those are optimal for scanning slides even though > they come with adapters. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Webster > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 12:15 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: 35mm Slide Scanner > > My flatbed HP scanner has a slide adapter in the lid to do just this. If > you don't have that I am pretty sure you can skill use a flatbed scanner > for this. Mine also will scan negatives and set the proper colors. > > Thank You, > Brian Webster > www.wirelessmapping.com > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 1:14 AM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: 35mm Slide Scanner > > I was out at the 'rents today, and they pulled out a bunch of their 35mm > slides. Some of them are great family pictures, and historical to the area > where they live. I'd love to be able to scan them so they're more easily > viewable. Looking for recommendations for a good and easy to use Slide > scanner that hopefully won't break the bank. Also, is there a file format > which is better to use to be able to add notes to the picture. Like Date > it was taken, and who is in the photo? > >
